SXC – Round 2, Abriachan
– Press Release Thomsons Cycles
Following on from a
successful Round 1 at Forfar, the SXC in conjunction with series sponsors Thomsons
Cycles, are delighted to heading to Abriachan, near Inverness, for Round 2 of
the series. Pre-entry closes on Wednesday so make sure you get your entry in
now to avoid the on-the-day fee and save yourself time on race morning.
Abriachan is a new and
exciting course for 2013, which we can’t wait to get our bikes on. The course
is located 15minutes South West out of Inverness, along the Loch Ness road. The
course provides fantastic views across stunning countryside, so remember to
take a break from ‘race-face’ and soak up the scenery!
Gordon from Ben Wyvis CC
provided this course description;
“The course starts on fireroad and climbs up the
"Elevator" - a nice steady climb up through mature trees then a fast,
swoopy descent before turning right to ride the "Bull run" in reverse
which makes a great techy, rooty climb through tight trees. Then cross a banked
"North Shore" bridge before a rocky climb and cut through to join the
"Dragonfly" red descent / singletrack. This is now mostly in the open
across heather clad moorland & felled forest. Many new sections have been
made along here to make it a great, techy challenge that really flows ...if you
nail it!! There are some rocky, rooty & muddy bits along here as well as a
few tricky skinny plank crossings. The trail then climbs through Larch lined
switchbacks and another bridge before rejoining the wider blue trail at the
"Rivoulich Bends" ruins. It then descends down to the Red Quarry down
the usual initial blue climb, turns up a fireroad climb before cutting back
into the bottom of the jump park to climb up through this to the "Half way
halt" before a final descent down "Drop Mhor" onto a short
fireroad sprint finish.”
Check
out the map of the trails here to make sense of the course description;
As usual,
there will be all the categories to provide races for all ages and abilities,
supported by Thomsons Cycles, including the Under 12’s race series so make sure
you bring the kiddies with you for a fun day racing for all!
The
fantastic Grange Kitchen, who always impress with their selection of soup, hot
rolls, burgers, cakes and teas and coffees, will again provide catering. Make
sure you get in the queue nice and early for some of their fab homemade soup!
Big
thank you to the local landowners and the guys at BWCC for putting this race on
for us, everyone is looking forward to checking out a new course.
Biggest
thank you to the series sponsors Thomsons Cycles for all their support this
year. Thomsons Cycles are providing all the fantastic prizes for the race
series this year and are on hand at every race for assistance. The Elite winner
at Round 1 also got a bike from Thomsons. We appreciate all the help we get
from Thomsons who provide a professional feel at every race, and are there to
support the SXC Series and racers alike.
Online
entry can be found here;
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/86365/SXC-Round-2-Abriachan
New
information for riders can be found here in the downloads section of the SXC
website; http://sxc.org.uk/downloads.php
And
remember to keep up to date by ‘liking’ us on facebook (SXC Scottish Cross
Country Association), ‘following’ us on twitter ( @SXC_Series ) and registering
with the forum on the SXC website ( www.sxc.org.uk/forum ) and checking out our new blog ( http://sxcseries2013.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/sxc-round-2-abrichan-press-release.html )
Find
our series sponsors on twitter @ThomsonsCycles and check them out in store in
Paisley and online at http://www.thomsonscycles.com
See you
in the bonnie Highlands!
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